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Any phenotypic trait that increases the fitness of one species over another. This could be anything that allows the species to better compete with another species occupying the same niche, obtain food/resources more efficiently, or stave off predators.
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∙ 11y agoSome examples of advantageous adaptations are thumbs, thick skin, separation of veins and arteries, wings, lungs, gills, and the list goes on.
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What might be the evolutionary advantage of genes being interrupted by introns?
An intron is an area in the DNA that has not been translated into a protein. One evolutionary advantage of genes being interrupted by introns is that it reduces the occurrence of genetic mutations.
The method of grouping organisms into categories that represent lines of evolutionary descent is called?
evolutionary classification
Which type of biologist is least likely to collect data by doing controlled experiment?
An evolutionary biologist is least likely to collect data by doing controlled experiments. Evolutionary biologists study living organisms through the lens of evolutionary theory.
How can the evolutionary history of a species be displayed?
The evolutionary history of a species is often displayed in a phylogenetic tree. This will clearly show the history of the species, which is also known as phylogeny.
Which of these is not an idea put forth by evolutionary biologists?
Evolutionary biologists do not believe humans descended from apes.
What is the evolutionary advantage depicted by a white rabbit in the snow?
Camoflauge
What evolutionary advantage do the gluteal muscles grant humans?
They are instrumental in our ability to walk and run bipedally.
What might be one evolutionary advantage and one disadvantage to being a specialist?
clouds are mad of fog and rain
What was the evolutionary advantage of the modification of scales on reptiles to feathers on ancestral birds?
The feathers helped retain body heat.
What is an evolutionary advantage of an organism with bilateral symmetry?
Higher probability of cephilization(or a concentration of nervous tissue at the anterior end of the organism)
how seeds are evolved?
Seeds have storage tissues that help them sustain growth and function as a protective coat giving them their superior evolutionary advantage.
Why does giraffe's have long necks?
Because there was an evolutionary advantage to having a long neck that enabled the animal to browse foliage that was out of the reach of other herbivores.
Why is your testicle uneven?
It just is. Perhaps the shape provided some sort of evolutionary advantage. Natural selection is the reason everything on your body looks and works as it does.
How do you determine the evolutionary advantage for having taste buds that determine unpleasant bitter compounds in many plant species?
I see taste buds more as like an evolutionary Benefactor, rather than an individualized enhancement to the human body. A bi-product from our wonderfull brain.
How is a forked uterus in pigs an adaptation for multiple births?
The uterus of pigs has separate canals instead of a single canal. The evolutionary advantage of this is that multiple births can be performed.
What might be the evolutionary advantage of genes being interrupted by introns?
An intron is an area in the DNA that has not been translated into a protein. One evolutionary advantage of genes being interrupted by introns is that it reduces the occurrence of genetic mutations.
How did white people nose get pointed?
evolution. Pointy noses may have provided an evolutionary advantage for people living in latitudes with less direct sunlight. Pointy noses probably catch Vitamin-D-rich sunlight better than flatter noses, as evidenced by how easily pointy noses get sun-burned. This evolutionary advantage could have been more significant for people with lighter-skinned noses.
